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Queso Diego is celebrating 8 years as a club this January! Each January, we celebrate the club’s anniversary and the new year with a special Bubbly and Cheese Pairing event. This is a multi-course, guided sit-down pairing at a special venue. It replaces our regular January meeting and is a ticketed event that is only open to members in good standing and their guest.

Members should have received information on how to RSVP via the club email list. If you are a member and did not receive this information, please contact the officers.

If you are interested in becoming a member for the year and joining us for this event, see the Membership page for information on how to join. We advise you also contact the officers to ensure we can provide you the necessarily information in time for the event.

October is American Cheese Month and we thought it would be fun to present a selection of
award winning cheeses from Central Coast Creamery in Paso Robles. Cheeesemaker
Reggie Jones took home four first place ribbons at this year’s American Cheese Conference,
and Jenny Eastwood from Smallgoods will present those winners, and fill you in on the state
of American Cheese. We are also trying to arrange a surprise guest – so stand by and make
sure to come celebrate American Cheese Month at our meeting on October 16th!

This month’s featured presentation will be Fall and Holiday Cheeses moderated by Marci Richards and Olaf Walter. Club members will have an opportunity to present their favorite Fall and Holiday Cheeses Recipes and to share their creations if they wish.

The meeting starts at 6:30 PM with sharing of cheese (homemade or otherwise) and cheese-friendly foods, homemade alcoholic beverages, and any other food or non-alcoholic beverage you would like to share. AleSmith beer is available for purchase (no other commercial alcoholic beverages can be served at the brewery). Please refrain from sharing or partaking of food before 6:30 PM.

At 7:00 PM we start the formal meeting with a summary of past and upcoming club events and meeting plans and we always provide a chance to talk about your homemade cheeses and to discuss cheesemaking and answer cheese-related questions.

Please remember to bring a chair and wear something warm as we meet in the brewery, which can be chilly if the weather is cold.

If you haven’t paid your 2018 dues, please be prepared to pay $20 for individuals or $30 for a family to our new Membership Officer, Olaf Walter.

You won’t want to miss our August meeting of Queso Diego – The San Diego Cheese Club. This month we will be continuing our foray into simple tasty cheeses and fermented milk products with a presentation on Yogurt and Yogurt Cheeses by our very own Sabine Friedrich-Walter. This group of cheeses is ancient, easy to make and very tasty making them something that is accessible to anybody.

As always, we will be sharing homemade and commercial cheeses at 6:30 sharp and then progress into our formal meeting and our presentation, which will, of course, be accompanied by homemade yogurts and yogurt cheeses. Feel free to bring non-alcoholic beverages or homemade alcoholic beverages (commercial alcoholic beverages are not allowed on brewery premises).

This month’s featured presentation will be “Quesos de Mexíco” by Felipe González.

The meeting starts at 6:30 PM with sharing of cheese (homemade or otherwise) and cheese-friendly foods, homemade alcoholic beverages, and any other food or non-alcoholic beverage you would like to share (no sharing of food before 6:30, please). AleSmith beer is available for purchase (no other commercial alcoholic beverages can be served at the brewery). At 7:00 PM we start the formal meeting.